Comment on Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little to no control of the data they hand over

• deus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cars made in the 20th century are probably safe.

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  • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Safe from a privacy perspective. Otherwise they’re very unsafe by modern standards. Minimal airbags. Often no ABS. What ABS that is there is less sophisticated than modern systems. Worse structures for crash protection. No stability control. No traction control.

    Plus they’re just old. Last year, I spent more on my 20 year old car than I did on my 2 year old car, that includes loan payments on the new car, fuel, tires, insurance, and maintenance.

    Get something from this century at least.

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    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Twenty years old is this century, twenty years ago is 2003.

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      • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        To be specific my car is actually 23 years old. To be really pedantic, it was manufactured in 1999.

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  • ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Go for a car from the 19th century just to be sure. They might miss a few features, such as differential, but it’ll be worth it!

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• Wookie@artemis.camp ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess you’ll have to do your research on that but you saying there is not one car for you is just wrong

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  • monk@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This article is literally about how they tested 25 brands and zero of them passed privacy review.

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• TopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I will drive my 06xB till the wheels fall off

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